Washer setting



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Fatented Apr. 2Q, Y UNNNVFEL,` i1 ENCE."

JAMES W. BRUNDAG'E, 0F AERONQOEIQVASSGER T0 THE MLLER RUBBER COMPANY.

F AKLON, kCR-1135 A COREORATION 0F QI-IO.

WASI-IER SETTEZNG.

Application filed March 24, 19222;. Serial No. 701,297.

`To all whom Amay concern: the open upper end 1770i the frame 13 but i Be it known that 1, JAMES lV. Bourin-uni, provided with suitable lugs arranged to a citizen ot the United States ol America, cooperate with recesses 24 in the walls of the and a resident of Akron, in the county et `l'rame 13 to limit the insertion of the plate 'iun'imit and State ot Ohio, have invented 22 into the frame 1?) and maintain the plate 60 certain new and useful Improvements in 22 elevated and spaced from the liffterplate `Washer Settings,ct` which the following' is 19. Vrlhe trame 13 is also provided at its a tull, clear7 and exact description. rear edge 25 with a trough 26 pivotedto the It is customary to place in rubber heels rame1,'adapted to maintained inthe posi? lo washers adapted to act as abutments for the tion shown in Figure 2 by engagement with 65 heads of the ,nails with which the heel is to the trame 13, and arranged to be swung be secured to the shoe and it is customary about its pivot 27 into the position shownin to insert these washers into the heels by plac'- F i gure 1 in which the contents oit the trough ing them on pins positioned within the eavihave been dumped upon the plate' 22. The ties ot' the mold in which the heels are cured. two shafts 1.4iand 15 are connected to oper- 70 Placing these washers upon these pins by ate as a unit by means of levers 28and 29 sei hand `not only subjects the operator to the cured to the shafts 14 and 15 respectively likelihood of beine; burned from the hot and a linl 430 extendingI between the levers mold but also consumes an appreciable 28 and 29 andthe shafts 14 and lfare oper 2O amount of time during' which the mold is ated by means of a hand lever lvseeuredto 7 useless for its principal purpose. My inventhe shaft 141-.. Means `(not shown) are lprotion providesmechanical means for placing vided :tor transversely oscillating the entire `these washers in position upon the pins. 1n frame 13 and the plate 22 is provided with a the drawings accompanying this specilicaplurality of circular depressions 82 position and 'forming a Apart thereof I have tioned with ,the same spacing-,as themold 80 shown, lor purpesesof illustration, one Jorm pins on which the washers are to heplaced which my invention may assume.l V'1n these and each adapted -to receive and ,hold a drawings: washer 33. i i y Figure 1 `is a longitudinal.sectlon'through In operating-this portion of theldevice the a `portion @if .the device, trough 26 is swung into the `position shown 85 Figure 2 is a section similar to Figure 1 in Figure 1 and the iframe 13 oscillated .to Y -showing the device in a second operatingl pocause the washers 33 to gradually travel sition. I down the inclined surface of the platel 22and Figure 3 is a section on the line 3f-3 of during' this travel to seatinthe depressions Figure 2, f 32 which are arranged to each hold but one -90 Figures 4 and 5 are 'fragmentary sections washer 33 and `tofhold thatvwasher only showinfcgin more detail the manner in which when it is concave upwardly. By the time the transfer of the washer is performed, this action is completed andthe surplus while washers have traveled downwardly across Figures ..6 and 7 are sections showing in the plate 22 itis loundthat invariablyone 95 similar detail the manner in which the secwasher has lodged right side up in each of ond transfer is performed. the depressions 32 andraccordingly that the The device herein shown comprisesa base plate 22 carries a s et of washers arranged 11 carrying a pair of transverse rods 12 on in exactly the arrangement of the mold pins which is reciprocably mounted a 'frame 13 on which the washers are to be positioned. 100 which in turn carries a pair ot transverse 'l here is then inserted within a groove Sil shafts lll and 15 each provided with two in the upper portion et the side and rear cam disks 16 arranged to movably support, walls 35 and 3G of' the funnel?) a transfer within the open. upper end 17 of theV iframeplate 37 secured against upward movement 1B, a plate 18 adapted to itself support a by the overlying* portion ot the .frame 13 slitting plate 19 of a size to be received withand provided with a plurality of `apertures in the open upper end 17 ot the Yiti-aine 13 and 3S arranged to register withthe depressions provided with a plurality el pins 2O recip 32 in the platei22 and each provided with a roeahle `through,apertures 21 in a locating rubber bushing .39 secured in its aperture plate 22elso ola site to lie-received within ,3S by means of over .end under y'lying 11G with ribs 42 and 43 together forming an annular recess 44 adapted to receive the washer 33 to thereafter releasably hold the washer 33 against movement from the` plate 37 in any direction. The washers 33 are moved into the plate 37 by means of the pins 2O as these pins 2O are actuated through the lifter plate 19 by the action of the cams 16 upon the supporting plate 18 when the lever 31 is swung forwardly into lthe position shown in Figure 2. Y

After this action has occurred the transfer plate 37, carrying with it the-washers 33,'is removedV from the frame 13 ready for use when the mold next comes from the vulcanizing press. At that time the transfer plate 37 is placed upon the mold with the apertures 38 of the transfer plate 37 registering lwith the pins of the mold 46and a plurailty of cylindrical pins 47, carried by an expulsion plate 4S and having the same relative spacing as the mold pins 45, are advanced against the washers '33 after which the expulsion plate 48 is depressed to cause the various pins 47 to force the washers 33 from the annular recesses 44 of the bushings 3 down on to the mold pins 45 in position for incorporation into the heels. The expulsion plate 48 is then removed from the transfer plate 37 and the transfer' plate 37 from the mold 46 leaving the mold ready for automatically returned to the trough 26, that the frame 13 may be transversely oscillated in any suitable manner as by direct manual force or by a cam or .eccentric mechanism operating either rmanually orl by power, that power means may be employed to operate the ried by one part and registering with recesses in the cooperating part,` It will be understood by those skilled in the art that a number of transfer plates 37 may be provided for each pin spacing and may be lilled and used as a storage or reservoir, that the lifting plate 19, locating plate 22, transfer plates 37, and expulsion plate 48, will all be duplicated for each different pin spacing, that in changing from one pin spacing to another the lifting plate 19 and locating plate 22 of the one spacing will merely berlifted from the f ame 13 to afford facilities for the lifting plate 19 and locating plate 22 of the second spacing, that the arrangement herein shown admits reasonable variation in the thickness and contour of the washers and in the position of the mold pins either in different molds supposed to be identical or from time to time in thesame mold, and that the use of the apparatus herein shown and described not only eliminates lthe possibility of burning the operator but also eliminates the time required for placing the washers in position upon the mold pins. It will also be obvious to those skilled in the art that the particular embodiment of my invention herein shown and described may be variously changed and modified without sacrificing the advantages of my invention or departing from the spirit thereof and it ywill therefore be understood that the disclosure herein is illustrative only and that my invention is not limited thereto.

I claim:

' 1. In a washer setting device, arranging means adapted to hold a plurality of washers in a definite relative spacing, transfer means adaptedto receive said washersy and support said washers in such spacing, and a plurality of pins adapted to engage said washers and move said washers from said arranging means to said transfer means.

2. In a washer set-ting device, a transfer plate having a plurality of apertures, each adapted to receive a washer and each provided with resilient washer engaging means having spaced ribs to receive the edges of a washer therebetween, and releasably hold said washer against movement in any direction.

3. In a Washersetting device, a transfer plate having a plurality of apertures each adapted to receive a washer and each providedwith a'rubber bushingl having a` pair of ribs spaced to receive said washer therebetween to thereby releasably hold said washer against movement in any direction.

4. In a washer setting device, a transfer plate having a' plurality of apertures each adapted to receive a washer and each provided with a rubber bushing to releasably hold said washer. Y, Y

5. In a washer setting device, a locating plate adapted to hold a plurality of washers in a. definite relative spacing, hitting means comprising a plurality of pins adapted to be moved through apertures in said locating plate to lift said washers above said locating plate while maintaining said spacing, a frame removably supporting said locating plate and said lifting means, means carried by said frame adapted to deposit a multiplicity of washers on said locating plate, and means arranged to Oscillate said locating plate to cause said washers to travel thereover.

6. In a washer setting device, a locating plate adapted to hold a plurality of washers in a denite relativerspacing, lifting means comprising a plurality of pins adapted to be moved through apertures in said locating plate to lift said washers above said locat-v ing plate while maintaining said spacing,

a frame removably supporting said locating plate and said lifting,` means, and means oarried by said frame to operate said lifting` means when said lifting means are in position in said frame.

7. In a washer setting device, a locating plate adapted to liold a plurality of Washers in a delinite relative spacing, lifting means comprising a plurality of pins adapted to be moved through apertures in said locating 10 plate to lilt said Washers above said locating plate While maintainingsaid spacing, and a frame removably supporting said locating plate and said lifting means.

In testimony Whereof, I hereunto ailx my 15 l signature.

JAMES W. BRUNDAGE. 

